Poussy in mental institution for severe depression

Published March 10th, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

After removing the cast off her broken arm, Egyptian actress Poussy has returned to the filming studios to begin shooting scenes for her upcoming TV series "Thunoob Al Abria" (Sins of the Innocents). Poussy revealed that her role in the drama required she spend three week in a mental institution to study the conditions of mentally disturbed patients suffering from manic depressions. 

 

According to the UAE based daily, Al Bayan, while at the mental institutions, Poussy met with doctors and learned from them how to deal with and treat cases of depression. The actress wanted to be fully prepared for her new role as a woman who undergoes a severe case of depression resulting from social pressures and is admitted into a mental institution to recover. The drama which covers forty years in time, is written by Ayman Abdul Rahman and directed by Bassim Mahfouz Abdul Rahma. 

 

Poussy is also expected to star in another TV drama "A'lant Alaik Al Hub" (I Declared My Love For You) directed by Mohammad Abdul Nabi. Poussy had at first planned not to star in any TV work until after the month of Ramadan, but decided to change her mind at the last minute.  

 

Poussy’s latest work is “Emraa Men Nar” (A woman of Fire) directed by Tawfiq Hamza. She plays a kindhearted woman who inherits a large fortune that transforms her into a cruel and gready woman. Poussy had also co-starred with Hisham Abd El Hamid in “Han Al Aan Maw'edoh” (The Time has Come) film, written by Mohamed Seada and directed by Hany Lashin, starring Abd El Moniem Madbouly, Hassan Kamy, Alaa Morsy and Heba Kamel. The film revolves around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  

 

Other works for Poussy during the past yeasr include the film “Mosafer Ella Al Gahim” (Traveler to Hell), co-starring Poussy, Kamal El Shenawy, Hussein Fahmy, Raghda, Mahmoud El Gendy and Hatem Zo El Foqar, and written by Adel Anayt and directed by Samir Saif. She played the part of a university professor who is threatened with murder by a terrorist organization. The terrorists come from another country, and are trying to hunt down the professor after she had completed scientific researche leading to the invention of deadly weapons.  

 

Poussy is the sister of actress Noura. Who was born as Serfenaz Moustafa Qadry. Poussy started her acting career working in films and on stage. The actress, married to Nour El Sharif, comes from a long line of aristocracy. Her grandmother is one of the Turkish aristocrats who moved to Egypt in the middle of the last century. – Albawaba.com 

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